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Both of the sect's victims were shot more than a dozen times.

U.S. brands Greek group a terrorist organization 2011

She's seen crumbling Shaker journals that list the sect's secret herbal remedies, and she realizes that if the Shakers lived off the land, the same thing is possible for herself and her classmates.

Joyce Hinnefeld's "Stranger Here Below," reviewed by Carolyn See Carolyn See 2010

The fallout from the raid and subsequent government assault on the sect's compound led to years of recriminations and investigations of the ATF.

Head of ATF Is Likely to Go Evan Perez 2011

The Westboro church, which has no connection to national Baptist organizations, believes that any misfortune America suffers is divine punishment for the nation's failure to follow the sect's doctrine, which condemns gays, Catholics, Jews and others.

First Amendment Protects 'Hurtful' Speech, Court Says Brent Kendall 2011

*** Middle East Two car bombs struck Shiite pilgrims in an Iraqi holy city, killing at least 18 people as crowds massed for religious rituals marking the end of a 40-day mourning period for the Islamic sect's most beloved saint.

World Watch 2011

The Baladiyat neighborhood where the five Americans were killed is a predominantly Shiite district near Sadr City, a Shiite slum that was the heart of Muslim sect's opposition to U.S. forces in Iraq.

Five U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq 2011

When all the women sing together, as they do whenever intoning the sect's mantra, "Keep Sweet, Keep Sweet," he likens the effect to a "Rhinemaiden convention" or to The Ronettes, "only with more vibrato."

All in a Day's Work, Polygamy Included Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim 2011

The fallout from the raid and subsequent government assault on the sect's compound led to years of recriminations and investigations of the ATF.

Head of ATF Is Likely to Go Evan Perez 2011

The Baladiyat neighborhood where the five Americans were killed is a predominantly Shiite district near Sadr City, a Shiite slum that was the heart of Muslim sect's opposition to U.S. forces in Iraq.

Five U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq 2011

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims are expected to gather in Karbala Monday night to mark the end of Arbaeen, a 40-day mourning period to observe the 7th century death of the Imam Hussein, one of the Shiite sect's most revered figures.

New attack on Shiite pilgrims kills 6 in Iraq 2011